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III, brother Gary A. (Sandra) Bowden (Xi 1961), and a host of close relatives and friends. Emmanuel Caulk, M.Ed, J.D. 1971–2020 Public School Superintendent, Attorney
28, 1932 in Donalsonville, GA and was raised by his father and stepmother, Charles and Cola Collier in West Palm Beach. He was a member of the last graduating class of Industrial High School, Class of 1950. After two years of service in the US Army, he completed his college degree in Political Science at Florida A&M University. Brother Collier was a member of the West Palm Beach (FL) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, where he was a former Polemarch. Brother Collier was an educator with the School District of Palm Beach County for 34 years. Brother Collier along with Mrs. Artis Wells were the first two black teachers to integrate Lake Worth High School in 1966. Brother Collier’s memory will be cherished by his wife of 60 years, Bettye, daughters Cheryl (John) Faal and Marci Collier, grandsons David and Joshua (deceased) Faal. Brother Collier is a 1952 initiate of the Florida A&M University Chapter, the Alpha Xi of Kappa Alpha Psi. Submitted by Mark C. Littles
of Education unanimously voted to hire Caulk as its Public Schools Superintendent. He was the first African-American to be hired as the Superintendent for the Fayette County Public Schools. His performance was outstanding in restoring state and national prominence to the state’s second largest school district. His other significant achievements in his professional career include receiving in 2014 from the University of Delaware its Presidential Citation. In 2018, Education Week named Manny one of its "Leaders to Learn From.” The following year, Caulk won Kentucky's 2019 Superintendent of the Year; and the Urban League of Lexington- Fayette County awarded him with its Community Service Award. Caulk joined the Fraternity as a 2005 initiate of the Wilmington (DE) Alumni Chapter and was an active and supportive member of the Lexington (KY) Alumni Chapter. He was a member of First Baptist Church Bracktown, Star in the East Lodge #1, PHA - Delaware, and Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Delta Tau Boulé. Brother Emmanuel Caulk is preceded by his mother. He is survived by his wife of five years Christol Caulk, sons Emon Evans and Sidney Stewart, daughter Sierra Stewart, granddaughter Amariana Sudler, father Emmanuel Caulk Sr., older sisters Kynselyn Eaddy and Tamaryn Gardiner, younger brothers George "Jay" Moody Jr. and Jeremy Caulk, and devoted niece Mya Gardiner. Submitted by Leroy Mitchell
Emmanuel Caulk (affectionately known as "Manny') entered the Chapter Invisible on Friday, December 4, 2020, in Lexington, KY. He was born on October 23, 1971
in Wilmington, Delaware to Emmanuel Caulk Sr. and Julia Moody. Guided by his faith, fueled by his family and driven by his values, he was a loving husband, devoted father, gifted educator and servant leader who lived by mantras he called "Caulkisms." The first in his family to attend college, Caulk earned his B.A. and M.Ed. degrees from the University of Delaware and a J.D. degree from Widener University School of Law. His 24-year career included teaching in a detention center, founding a charter middle school, prosecuting juvenile cases in the courtroom, leading an all-white rural elementary school, transforming a large urban high school, converting failing inner-city schools into charters, turning around a district's high schools to avoid state takeover, managing a portfolio of 36 elementary and middle schools, and leading a mid-sized school district. Caulk was also assistant superintendent at the School District of Philadelphia, PA, serving over 157,000 students. Under his leadership schools demonstrated gains in reading and math as measured by student performance on the state assessment. Before the School District of Philadelphia, he was as the assistant superintendent for the East Baton Rouge (LA) Parish School System and served as a leadership coach on the High School Transformation project with Chicago Public Schools. In 2016, Fayette (KY) County Board
Chester C. Davenport, Esq. 1940–2020 Attorney, Bsuinessman
Chester C. Davenport (Pi 1960) entered the Chapter Invisible on August 7, 2020 at the age of 79. A native of Athens, GA, Davenport graduated cum laude from
Charles Collier 1932-2020 Educator
Morehouse College 1963 and graduated from the University of Georgia (UGA) Law School in 1966 as its first African- American graduate. He graduated from UGA Law School in the top 5 percent of his class and served as an editorial board member of the Georgia Law Review. U.S. President Barack Obama during his speech at the 2013 Morehouse College Commencement referenced Davenport and his law school experience. He started as an attorney in the U.S. Department of Justice and later worked
Charles M. Collier, 88, a longtime resident of West Palm Beach,
FL, peacefully transitioned on
November 7, 2020. Brother Collier was born September
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